Exciting free gig news: we've gone and booked our DiScover Club dates for January and February, held as always at London's Notting Hill Arts Club, in conjunction with Rough Trade Shops.

With November and December shows looking likely to be super busy - details below - we've gone all out to get a handful of amazing new bands to open our 2008 series.

Playing in January are Birmingham's brilliantly avant-pop jangle-kids Johnny Foreigner (pictured, MySpace) and Leeds/Newcastle post-hardcore four-piece Sailors (MySpace). February's show sees Bristol's Worried Noodles-contributing weirdo-rockers Munch Munch playing the Arts Club, with additional acts to be confirmed for both dates.